Rise of The Demon General-Chapter 193. Returning to the Academy

"What does that thing do anyway? Why do the rebels want it so badly?"

This time, Amon told the truth. He told her the information about the Allure Beacon.

"That is crazy! Do they intend to use that thing in a city? It will cause untold casualties," Li Shi exclaimed.

"My guess is that they plan to use it on the capital. Probably storm into the palace and kill the royal family while the army is busy with the invading spirit beasts."

"I can’t believe how far someone is willing to go for power," Li Shi lamented.

"I can," Amon muttered.

They rested for a full day in the station. The next day, the soldiers escorted the two back to Qishurg City.

The journey took several more days. When they arrived in the vicinity of Qishurg City, the two looked at the large city in the distance. It had been only a bit more than two months since they left that city, but it felt like they had been away for a much longer time.

If not counting their soldier escorts, seven of them departed that day, but only two returned. Li Shi was especially depressed. Never would she imagine she would lose so many of her students. Although this was a difficult mission, it was supposed to be a safe mission.

Even though it was not her fault, she was depressed just thinking about explaining the loss of the five students to the principal. Not to mention explaining the matter to the clans where those students were from. Except for Pan Niang, of course. The first order of business after reporting to the principal was checking the clan that sent Pan Niang as their representative. They would have much explaining to do.

As if reading her thoughts, Amon asked her, "Tutor Shi, you mentioned before that you didn’t originally plan to take Pan Niang in this mission, did you?"

"What about it?" Li Shi asked back.

"I doubt Pan Niang is the only spy the rebels had sent to infiltrate the royal academy," Amon said. "Pan Niang joined because someone proposed that you take a representative from the junior students, didn’t she?"

"Yes, why do you... Are you saying that my colleague who has proposed it is also a spy...?"

Amon shrugged. "I think it’s worth it to check that person, isn’t it?" He spoke.

Li Shi was silent. She didn’t want to believe her colleague was a spy. But after what happened. After finding out that Pan Niang, whom she thought to be the kindest student she ever knew, was in fact a cold-blooded rebel, she couldn’t just dismiss the possibility.

She nodded. "I will discuss with the principal and run another background check on that person. I will also inform the kingdom to investigate as well."

She turned to Amon. She hesitated for a while before saying, "Thank you, student Amon."

"What for?" Amon asked.

"If not for you, I’m not confident I might last until the rescue arrived," Li Shi said. "That Luan Xuan is a sadistic person. If you didn’t request me to accompany you working on the artifact, I’m not sure what else he would have done to me."

"... We needed each other, that’s all. There’s no need to thank me," Amon replied.

Li Shi nodded. Her eyes were back to Qishurg City, which was getting closer. They were finally home.

It was evening by the time they entered the academy. They went directly to the principal’s office. Inside that office, the two gave their report to Lao Zen and Li Niang.

Li Niang told the two she was glad they were safe. She expressed condolences to the fallen students. She said she would make arrangements to notify the students’ respective clans. She would also work with the kingdom to provide compensation to these clans.

Amon reminded Li Shi about the possible spy they talked about. After hearing it, Li Niang and Lao Zen said they would look into it. They won’t tolerate a possible rebel spy within their rank.

Before the two were dismissed, Li Niang told Amon, "You have performed extremely well in this mission. Although the incident with the rebels has caused the mission to deviate far from its parameters, both Lao Zen and I think we can consider your actions during the incident when considering your academic reward point. We’ve decided to give you 10,000 academic points."

The number was double what he was promised, so Amon didn’t complain. He nodded as a sign of gratitude.

"Of course, we can’t forget the 5% fine attached to you. So, we will deduct 500 points," Lao Zen said.

"Also, your 10,000 points debt," Li Niang added. "Combined with the points you’ve gained from the specialization classes from the first few months before going on the mission, you now have enough to pay off that debt. So, it is squared now. Every point you gain now will go to your evaluation process by the end of your five-year freshman term."

"That is, considering you don’t cause any ruckus that forces us to deduct your points again," Lao Zen reminded.

"I will keep that in mind," Amon said.

"Thank you, student Lin Mo. You may go now. We will talk to Tutor Li Shi more," Li Niang said.

Amon excused himself and left.

It was night already by the time Amon came out. He went directly to his residence. Most students were resting in the dormitory at this time, so he didn’t bother checking on his faction’s territory. Furthermore, Xin Wuming should be inside his house to give him a report. He had permitted Xin Wuming to use his house and its basement when he was absent.

He ran at high speed, ignoring the other students who happened to still roam around in the dark.

Arriving at the small mountain where the top ten residences were located, he climbed the mountain in a straight line instead of going through the spiraling road up the mountain. He had come up and down the mountain so often that he memorized the small protrusions on the mountain wall, which gave him enough footholds to jump around. This reduced the time he had to take to go up and down the mountain. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

He noticed one of the top ten, Sima Fang, was outside her house enjoying the night view. She saw Amon and made a gesture for a greeting. Amon didn’t return the gesture.